Re: Dropping Kerbstones

Aug 01, 2003 10 Replies

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dmc 22 years ago

I have just learnt that my local council are taking up the paving slabs

>in my street and laying tarmac. They are offering to drop the kerbstones
>inline with each drive at the same time. This is a 1930's road with granite >kerbs.
> The council are going to ring me back with a quote but can anybody give
>me an idea of what they are likely to be charging for this?

When I asked vaguely about this with our council (shepway/folkestone) I was told between 800 and 2000 depending on whats involved. Of course, if they are digging up the path alreay I would expect a considerable discount on that as they are doing 90% of the work anyway!

Never went ahead in the end for other reasons so can't give a definate answer.

HTH,

Darren

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David W.E. Roberts 22 years ago

Did my Mum-in-laws for free. However this was not a formal quote from the council. Blokes doing the work asked 'want us to drop your kerbstones while we're at it?'. The tea and biscuits could have helped, of course :-)

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Mary Fisher 22 years ago

They should pay you - they'll be selling the granite kerbs ...

Mary

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Essjay001 22 years ago

Why would they replace the paving slabs are they defective?

In Wallsend Tyne & Wear the local council lifted the granite kerb stones from the back alleys and took them to a posher development (in Southsheilds) replacing them with cheaper concrete ones. What a bloody cheek. Maybe your council has an ulterior motive.

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tim 22 years ago

they probably moved them before somebody nicked them

tim

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Dave Liquorice 22 years ago

Bristol City Council did the same about 12 years ago. Removing the stone paving slabs and kerbs from one area to put them in a "posh" area. Caused quite a kerfuffle at the time but of course by the time anyone found out what was happening it was to late to do anything about it.

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Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot 22 years ago

It was £200 here in East Kent a couple of years ago. Same thing - pavement up, tarmac down.

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Essjay001 22 years ago

You could be sooooooo right there Tim :~)

Steve R

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BillR 22 years ago

Thats my guess too. In the old days of rates before council tax there was the additional cost of a slightly higher rate to pay forever.

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N.Jowsey 22 years ago

It all looks like a bit of a racket to me. A list of 'authorised' contractors that basically charge what they want. I even had one guy who only works for a listed contractor when he's busy come round and, suck his teeth, and give me a 'cash' quote MORE than my other quotes when they included VAT!

I got the best quote I could (about £400 inc vat) for extending an existing dropped kerb and nearly 5m^2 of concrete. They did a neat job, but trying to get them to ensure the crossover was symmetrical (ie same aprons either side of the drive opening) just resulted in blank looks. I had to draw it out for them in the end....

The council have re-krebed and footpathed the next street I asked the lads if they would do mine while they were there... but said they couldn't :-(

Cheers

Neil

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dmc 22 years ago

Blimey!

I was quoted 800 quid in Folkestone 4 yrs ago.....

Where abouts in East Kent was this?

Darren

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